Chen Yingxiong practiced hard in the dungeon, waiting for the moment of upgrading to come.

But before that, he felt that good luck seemed to be away from him all of a sudden.

He felt very strange that his luck curve always seemed to fall down suddenly after he was proud of himself. He had similar things last season. But that time he had a reason - because he had a single characteristic and was easily stared at by others, he could not score the goal.

What about this time? I have two weapons: heading and long-range shooting, and my abilities in other aspects are also steadily improving, but I suddenly can't find the feeling of scoring.

On July 21, St. Petersburg Zenit challenged Sparta Moscow away, which was a contest between the first and second in the league.

This was originally a match in which Mars hit the Earth. Especially the contest between the two powerful centers made many people full of expectations. The competition between the two sides was still vivid in the past half of the season. At that time, Chen Yingxiong and Pavlyuchenko were like taking medicine, and the game scored. If you dare to score one, I will immediately repay the color. You will score one goal, and I will score one goal. In the end, each of them scored two goals, and both sides took a draw, and the team also played a draw.

But in today's game, Chen Yingxiong's silence made the game lose its biggest highlight... Everyone still wants to see the center match between Chen Yingxiong and Pavliuchenko.

Pavlyuchenko also felt sympathetic about the center who had scored goals with him in the game. Before the game, he was asked that Chen Yingxiong had not scored goals in two consecutive rounds of the league, and he said that this was normal. Any forward could suddenly not score goals, and then suddenly scored goals in succession. So there was nothing to make a fuss about.

He is talking to Chen Yingxiong. Although they are competitors on the scorer list. Currently, Chen Yingxiong is temporarily ranked first in the scorer list with fourteen goals, while Pavlyuchenko seized the opportunity of Chen Yingxiong's failure to score in two consecutive rounds, narrowing the gap between him and Chen Yingxiong's sword. Now he has scored eleven goals, only three goals away from Chen Yingxiong.

As a result, Chen Yingxiong did not score in this game and was substituted in the 85th minute.

But Pavliuchenko scored two goals alone - in the 28th minute, he used a shot in front of the goal to help the team start the first record and break the deadlock. In the 61st minute, he scored his thirteenth goal of the season.

When he scored a goal, the commentator Petrov yelled: "Thirteenth! Thirteenth! Pavliuchenko did it! He further narrowed the gap between himself and the heroes! Now they are only one goal apart! Everyone thought that the best scorer of this season must be Chen Yingxiong, without any suspense... But now... the suspense is back! Only one goal is missing, and it is hard to say who can win the final league best scorer. I think we will have more good shows in the second half of the season!"

Seeing Pavliuchenko scored the thirteenth goal, Chen Yingxiong gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

Of course, he was unwilling to be approached by the opponent little by little. But the more he wanted to score, the less he could not score the ball, which seemed to have become a vicious cycle.

Until the 85th minute, he was substituted and failed to score a goal. When he left the field, he heard booing from Moscow Spartans - they had no good feelings for the arrogant boy who competed for the league's top scorer with his team's center Pavlyuchenko.

In the end, St. Petersburg Zenit lost 1:3 away to Moscow Sparta, and Al Shavin helped the team equalize the score in the 45th minute.

However, in the 59th minute, goalkeeper Contfalski's failure in attack gave Moscow Starba a chance to score a penalty, and he was sent off with a red card. Zenit suddenly fell into a disadvantage in terms of number of people.

One person is missing, and Chen Yingxiong cannot work properly... Zenit suddenly had big trouble.

Pavlyuchenko's second goal in this game helped the team take the lead again.

In the 83rd minute, Nikita Bazhenov added icing on the cake and completely locked in the victory.

St. Petersburg Zenit finally suffered his first defeat in the league, and their points were overtaken by Sparta and fell from the top position in the league.

The giant bear on Chen Yingxiong's back was eager to try for a long time, but he never had the chance to be released and roared in the mountains.

The media can finally confirm one thing, that is, Chen Yingxiong is indeed trapped in a "terrible" goal drought!

He did not score goals in three consecutive rounds, and did not score in an important game like Sparta. It cannot be described as a minor accident. Because of this failure, Zenit gave up the top throne of the league.

This shouldn't have been a failure, at least not in Edvocart's plan.

He originally wanted to take away a point, and the draw was better than failure.

Many media quickly found two scapegoats after the game. One was an unnecessary attack when the team tied 1:1. The mistake caused the opponent to give a penalty kick and he was sent off by a red card. The other was Chen Yingxiong, who was unable to score a goal for a long time.

If the criticisms in the first two rounds were just sporadic raindrops, they are now coming to Chen Yingxiong like a storm.

After the game, Chen Yingxiong did not even accept an interview, but this did not prevent the media from criticizing him.

"...It quickly became famous at a young age, which made Chen Yingxiong, a 19-year-old child, lost in the world of fame and fortune! He seemed to be unable to find his direction!"

"Frequently going to nightclubs, having scandals with Sharapova, and making advertisements... After tasting the wonderful taste of becoming famous, Chen Yingxiong had to face the various pains that he brought to him after becoming famous..."

"... There are too many players who quickly fall into fame after becoming famous at a young age because they cannot control their hearts. They always easily surrender before fame and fortune... Will heroes become the next player who becomes famous at a young age and then quickly fall into fame? Judging from the current situation... Dangerous!"

Chen Yingxiong's situation naturally touched the heart of another person, who was the team's head coach Edward Carter.

He didn't know what happened to Chen Yingxiong, but he should really reflect on the problem if he didn't score goals in three consecutive rounds.

After the training, he kept Chen Yingxiong.

He wanted to talk to Chen Yingxiong alone. They seemed to have not talked to him alone for a long time. Edvorkat thought that this would not be a manifestation of Chen Yingxiong's success when he became famous at a young age, right? He used to take the initiative to look for himself for his own purposes, but after the start of the new season, such a thing has never happened once.

"I noticed that there are some comments about you in the media recently, hero..." Edvorkat was grasping the words, be careful not to anger this unruly player.

When dealing with a young player, you have to be so careful that Edvorkat kept teasing himself in his heart.

Here comes!

Chen Yingxiong was shocked.

Chen Yingxiong was not sure that the head coach said what this matter meant, so he didn't speak and pretended to be stupid.

Seeing that Chen Yingxiong didn't respond, Edvorkat had to go on his own.

"Well, I know you were very smooth sailing some time ago, and you will inevitably have some ideas... But professional football is very cruel. I believe you have also seen how these media treated you in the past and how they treat you now. So... I admit that the League Cup is the team's main goal this season, but the domestic league cannot give up..."

Chen Yingxiong heard it. Edvorkat was worried that as the media said, he would be complacent, arrogant, and lose interest in the domestic league, and just think about the League Cup.

He quickly interrupted: "Well, Mr. Head Coach...I'm not as what the reporters said. I'm not proud and arrogant, nor am I underestimating the enemy. I'm also worried about not scoring goals in a row. There's absolutely nothing you said about, let alone..." He paused, "I'll never lose interest in the league, because..." He clenched his fists. "I said I want to be the top scorer!"

The league's top scorer who was originally sure to win was actually caught by Pavliuchenko and was only one goal short of it. This is a fact that Chen Yingxiong could not accept. Now he is trying his best to open the gap again. How could he underestimate the league?

Edvorkat also felt that Chen Yingxiong’s words made sense. He should not be as the media said. He is still a more competitive person. Now the league’s top scorer is about to be snatched away by Pavliuchenko. How could he underestimate the domestic league?

However, Chen Yingxiong’s current mentality is indeed wrong.

Edvoka nodded, expressing his agreement with Chen Yingxiong's statement.

"But you're too anxious now. As a forward, especially a center who often moves in the penalty area and even in the small penalty area, you're too impatient."

Chen Yingxiong also knew that he was anxious, but he had no choice. When he thought that his advantage in the Scorer List gradually narrowed, he finally got a very awesome body, but no one could see it, so he was anxious.

Because Edvorkat was right, he lowered his head and said nothing.

"Relax your mindset and don't always think about scoring goals with others. First consider how to create opportunities for your teammates. In fact, you performed well against the Moscow FC game. Although you had not scored two consecutive games at that time, I don't think you were impatient. You create opportunities for your teammates and enjoy the game. Why not continue like this? Enjoy the football game first, and the goals will naturally come."

Edvorkat only devoted a lot of effort to Chen Yingxiong, and gave both kindness and power, and made facts and reasoned. He hoped that Chen Yingxiong could adjust his mentality. If this were changed to an ordinary player, he might just throw the reserve team at him and reflect on himself.

Chen Yingxiong also knows his current situation. He can ignore the criticism from the media, but he can't be indifferent to the head coach's words...

He nodded: "I know what to do, sir."
Chapter completed!